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Sharon Carter ([personal profile] from_the_outside) wrote2022-04-08 11:53 am

[AU] these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of the soul

They've all entered a kind of tense détente after the ill-advised dinner party. Tony throws himself into work, Sharon and Pepper mostly avoid each other, and Steve, Vision, and Nat continue with oversight duties.

And the thing is... Tony's working it out. 

Not a removal, exactly, but he's getting close, he'd told them, to at least blocking the commands. It's not perfect and it's not a permanent solution, but it's a step in the right direction. It's also a step in the direction of Tony needing to test the words on Bucky himself, and so Sharon and Steve are on extra high alert, keeping an eye out for any indication that Bucky's retreating into himself again. Sharon's mostly moved into the room they share in Steve's apartment for that very reason, though she still isn't wholly comfortable with being in Steve's space all the time.

He's away today, working with Sam and Rhodey on a veteran's outreach program, so it's Sharon who walks with Bucky through the halls of the compound towards Tony's rooms. "It's you and Vision with Tony today," she tells him, and glances across the distance they're careful to maintain when not alone behind closed doors.

"How are you feeling about everything?"

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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Bucky smiles and picks up the sleeve to help create another tower.

"Sounds good to me. Wanda?"
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"It is," Wanda agrees, as Bucky finishes stacking the blocks in the sleeve and sets the tower up on the table again. "And you're right."

She smiles. "But this is fun."
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"It really does," Bucky agrees. "Once it's done, how long do we need to wait for it to cool before we dig in?"
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"True," Bucky says, reaching for his own block. He flips it over in his fingers, considering, and sets it cross-ways over the stack.

"That dairy farm was nice. And it was self-serve," he adds, casually. "Drive up, pick up things from the shelves, leave cash in the box on your honor. Pretty easy."
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nobody at all," Bucky assures her, keeping his tone just as casual as before. "I can write down directions for you, if you want."
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not that I don't like it here," Bucky thinks to add. After all, he's a pretty large imposition on the Avengers, no matter how close a friend he is to Steve. "Or anything like that. It's just ... nice to get out, sometimes."

He's talking as he tries to place the next block, not paying enough attention to what he's doing, and whacks it right into the edge of the tower instead of placing it on top of it. Bucky swears in Russian under his breath as he watches it sway back and forth, holding the block in his fingers and waiting to see if the whole thing will settle or collapse.
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Bucky's smile is quick and bright and somehow delighted. He sets the block neatly on top of the tower.

"Thanks for the assist," he tells her.
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"From my understanding, they can be for many things," Vision observes, and places his own next block with deliberate care. "But it is enjoyable all the same."

"Which counts for a lot in itself," Bucky murmurs.
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Wanda blinks at her. "But I can hold a lot more than this," she says. "It's not heavy."

"That means we can build a really weird-looking tower," Bucky points out. "Just to see how ridiculous it can be, outside normal physics."

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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"...okay," Wanda says, after trading a look with Vision. The ends of her hair begin to stir in a ghostly wind, and a halo of ruby light forms around the tower. "Go ahead."

Bucky grins at her, and places a block that juts out into space with only its end resting on the tower.
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't help it. Bucky laughs at that, quick and clear, before balancing his next block on the edge of the one Sharon placed, like a seesaw on its fulcrum.
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Compromised, an inner voice whispers. He smashes it flat with desperate strength of will, and nods agreement. Remembering the conversation at Tony and Pepper's dinner, he says,

"That's true. And Agent Carter knew Steve a little before, from when she was still with SHIELD. It helps."
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[personal profile] nerves_of_ice 2022-04-13 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
He still needs to talk to Steve about that, somehow, but that's for later. Bucky's silent for a second, considering, then says, quietly,

"Also, Agent Carter went to bat for me with the Task Force, after I... after the Winter Soldier was activated here." He's careful to keep his tone casual and matter of fact, keeps the way he's holding himself relaxed. "She believed in me before I could believe in myself. It's hard not to trust someone after something like that."

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